Dorygnathus
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Dorygnathus banthensis, Early Jurassic of Germany...
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Inspirational! 
Thanks!
Wow what an insiders look at the past! Fantastic!
Looks so real!
yeah yeah yeah! fantastic!
Looks like a booby bird. Wonder if those things would have been sailing around Christmas Island if Christmas Island had existed that long ago.
Furry wings, precursor to feathers?
Furry wings, precursor to feathers?
Pterosaurs aren't ancestors of birds so their fur can't be precursor of the feathers but the structure might be analogous.
I was probably thinking in terms of Sasquatch rather than biology. Not quite analagous :S
Sasquatch is presumably a mammal so the analogy still doesn't work 
LoL I was talking about Sasquatch the Lightwave hair plugin
Lol. I don't know anything about Lightwave
I love the furry wings 
I thought those "Rhamphorhynchoids" had cruropatagia which connect the hind limbs but leave the tail out?
I thought those "Rhamphorhynchoids" had cruropatagia which connect the hind limbs but leave the tail out?
Not sure if this is widely accepted. I think Unwin is the main proponent of this theory...
Did all pterosaurs have fur/feathers on their wings?
Interesting
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